St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-05-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

MISCELLANEOUS.
"A school for the prisoners has been
established in the State prison at Guam.
ajuato, Mex.
"A wonderful gold mine has been
discovered in Sonora. Mex. The miner.
get pure metal by breaking the quarts
with hammers.
DR.. johnson once, speaking OF q
quarrelsome fellow, said: IF he had
two ideas in his head they would fall
, out with each other"
Experience in Glasgow hospital
has taught DIR. J. S. Marine that boiled
or fried fish is a dangerous diet fol
weak persons, but that steamed fish il
harmless.
American tourists are invading
Mexico. and the Mericam Financie,
says business is booming there and that
the new railroads are proving a good
,, investment.
An exchange mentions button
that works on the principle of cork.
screw. Now let it explain what q cork
screw is and we shall all know all about
it.
An odd burglary occurred at West.
! chester. N. Y, recently. where thieves
stole the forms of a paper which were
ready for the press. Newspaper rivalry
is the supposed cause.
"A chronological journal has pict-
urc of a ''skull showing large parent
al love" The spectacle Of . skull
, exhibiting large parental love must be
a very touching sight
1t was the young man from the
provinces who sent bride handsome
present of silver engraved Nv. p"
Asked what the initials meant. he inno-
Gently explained they stood for ''wed.
ding present."
"A gentleman living near Winter
vile, Ga. is said to own . Texas pony
that sports a well developed mustache
"A heavy one. very much resembling
one on human face. 1t is on the horses
upper lip. and gives him quite strange
appearance.
According to Scandinavian tradi-
ton. the swallow lowered over the cross
of our Lord. crying "SUala! sralar'
Console! consoleD whence it was called
sralow. the bird Of consolation. There
is curious story that this bird brings
home from the seashore q stone that
gives sight to her aedglings.
Lowell has a woman ''milkman."
She was left with several children to
care for. so she leased small farm and
started the milk business. At first she
delivered the milk herself. Her bust
ness now warrants the employment Il
a driver. and she seems to be prosper
ing. She is womanly woman. and no
less lady" for making so brave a
fight for an honorable living.-LoCcll
Citizen.
The use of the gall Of rattlesnake.
is warmly urged by N. Koscicky. Of
Austria, as an antidote for snake bites.
M. Koscicky, who became acquainted
with the antidote at Venezuela, de-
clares it to be both inexpensive and ef-
fective. as well as instantaneous in its
operation, crows and dogs in the last
stage Of the poison recovering imme-
diately on the remedy being admins
tered to them.
A false bottom was accidentally
discovered in a case Of Italian wine at
the Boston Custom House a few days
ago. revealing several old paintings.
An examination showed that the whole
consignment of fourteen cases had been
similarly fixed up. The persons who
were about to receive the wine. upon
which the duty had been paid, disap-
peared.
"A very remarkable operation has
iust been performed by Mr.. Keetley at
the West London Hospital. A child
was brought in having a large mole
covering nearly the whole of its cheek.
He transplanted the mole by exchange.
That is, he removed the mole from the
cheek to the arm and planted flesh
from the arm on the cheek. Every
thing succeeded perfectly.
-Newton's Principle was published
two hundred years ago this year, and
an American correspondent of the Lon
don Atheneum suggests that the bicen-
tenary be celebrated in some suitable
way. LET the Royal Society,"" he
SAYS, cor the British AssOciation-but
especially the former-give us history
of science from the year 16S7-the year
in which the immortal Principle issued